I really liked the original Superman movie when I was a kid. I still remember the restaurant we went to that night on the way home from the theater. I liked the idea of Clark Kent wearing the Superman outfit under his work clothes but thinking back on it now I don’t understand where his boots were supposed to be. Did Clark wear comically large shoes? Should I not worry about it because it’s just a movie?

Yeah, but every time he went into a phone booth, he’d rip off his clothes and fly away really fast. He didn’t have time to fish out the baggie, stuff his clothes in, then somehow refasten it to his back.

I like the soft like socks idea. Maybe his were really cool socks pulled over his Clark Kent shoes. The suit was really strong and could withstand heat, cold, whatever else the baddies threw at him, so why couldn’t his sock/shoes be just as wonderful?

I think the original idea was that the entire costume was skintight and made out of an alien material so that it really just hugs the body. Those boots? They’re really just glorified socks. And the cape just folds up really easily for storage against the small of the back.